Hacker News with Generative AI: Current Events

I knew one day I'd have to watch powerful men burn the world down (theguardian.com)
I don’t know if anyone else has noticed this but everything seems to be going down the tubes quite fast. And not fun tubes, like at a waterpark. The “ending in shit” kind. The issues are complicated, the reasons diverse, but there are a few culprits who have been making themselves extremely visible.

Politics, Social Commentary, Current Events

10 points by mnewme 21 hours ago | 6 comments

US-owned Greenland and Gulf of America? What a weird week (theregister.com)
We all know the US's incoming president, Donald Trump, has gone off-script in a way that is almost comical. Gulf of America? Make Greenland great again? Taking over the Panama Canal?

Politics, US Politics, International Relations, Current Events

23 points by rbanffy 5 days ago | 76 comments

The Players on the Eve of Destruction (noahpinion.blog)
The insanity of war has returned to our world.

Politics, War, Current Events

6 points by ctoth 16 days ago | 0 comments

Cory Doctorow wrote a prescient novella about health insurance and murder (theguardian.com)
Five years ago, the science fiction writer Cory Doctorow published a short story whose plot might seem eerily similar to followers of the past few weeks’ news.

Science Fiction, Healthcare, Social Commentary, Current Events

16 points by ethagnawl 28 days ago | 1 comments

Ask HN: Do you believe we are in a particularly chaotic time period? (ycombinator.com)
Ask HN: Do you believe we are in a particularly chaotic time period?

Ask HN, Current Events, Social Trends

10 points by bloomingkales 38 days ago | 17 comments

Read the JD Vance Dossier (kenklippenstein.com)
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Politics, Journalism, Current Events

14 points by 34679 113 days ago | 0 comments

Britain on the Brink (edwest.co.uk)

Politics, United Kingdom, Current Events

6 points by paulpauper 143 days ago | 0 comments

Will Britain Survive? (2022) (theatlantic.com)